2017 Fantasy Football Cheat Sheet

Rookie rankings

Vinnie Iyer

Everyone's asking: Who will be 2017's top fantasy football rookies? Vinnie Iyer goes deep into the rankings for potential sleepers, keepers and busts to add to your cheat sheet and be on the lookout for during your draft and on the waiver wire.

Tight end rankings

Matt Lutovsky

You want to see our 2017 fantasy football rankings for tight ends, but you're also scared to look. It's natural. Let us help you navigate fantasy's thinnest position as you prep your cheat sheet for draft season.

Player Updates

Robbie Grossman (Min-OF)

Grossman was diagnosed with a fractured left thumb Thursday, Mike Berardino of The Pioneer Press reports.

The timing of Grossman's injury is particularly unfortunate with just a month and a half left in the season. He suffered the injury during Game 2 of Thursday's doubleheader against the Indians and was replaced in right field by Max Kepler. The Twins have yet to make a move to place Grossman on the disabled list, but that will likely change before they open their series against the Diamondbacks on Friday. -- Rotowire.com

Strasburg's last rehab start was Monday, which would put him in line to take the ball again Saturday provided that he doesn't encounter any setbacks with his elbow in the coming days. He was strong in that outing, allowing just one run over 5.0 innings, and it took him just 66 pitches to get through those frames. -- Rotowire.com

DeAndre Hopkins (Hou-WR)

Hopkins hasn't practiced since prior to the preseason opener against the Panthers, according to Adam Wexler of KPRC-TV. Head coach Bill O'Brien played down the absence, saying they're merely making sure the wide receiver is ready for the start of the season, but John McClain of the Houston Chronicle reports Hopkins is dealing with a hand injury.

O'Brien hasn't admitted there's an injury, preferring to talk in coach-speak and told Wexler a few times that Hopkins is "fine." If Hopkins is injured, that means Houston's top three wideouts are dinged up to a varying degree. Will Fuller (collarbone) is the most serious and isn't expected back until mid-season, while Braxton Miller (ankle) hasn't practiced since the Panthers game. -- Rotowire.com

Jon Lester (-P)

Lester (lat) is expected to be placed on the 10-day disabled list Friday, Gordon Wittenmyer of the Chicago Sun-Times reports.

The left-hander was shelled for nine runs in his truncated start Thursday, and reports surfaced thereafter that he was dealing with tightness in his left lat. Wittenmyer notes that Lester's short start will likely result in the Cubs recalling a reliever Friday after Chicago's bullpen filled in for 7.1 innings in Thursday's series finale. -- Rotowire.com